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In recent years the surge of ‘true’ Metal has been quite frankly unbelievable. Despite of course a mass of pedestrian Metalcore lingering about I would honestly say that I feel Metal is generally returning to form. Of course there will… Continue Reading →
The title of this album reflects the violence and bloodthirstiness of the public in Ancient Roman times when attending spectacles at the Colosseum. “Panem et Circenses” (Bread and Circuses) was how the satirist Juvenal described the absolution from thinking through… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I’ve visited the theater to see a play and even longer since I saw a musical. The latter kind of show hasn’t had a great appeal on me in general and rare are the shows… Continue Reading →
Strictly old school thrash for me thanks. None of that “party on and pass the bong dude” stuff with people going mad about pizza and inflatable sharks. Thankfully I am in more than safe hands here as E-Force is the… Continue Reading →
There is a track that Brian Posehn released last year called “Grandpa Metal” that pokes fun at his mate Scott Ian of Anthrax and S.O.D. fame (as if I felt I needed to into Scott “Not” Ian). If there is one genre that… Continue Reading →
I reviewed both “Songs from the North” (2015) and “When a Shadow is Forced into the Light” (2019) by Swallow the Sun, and what impressed me was the control of mood and depth. “Moonflowers” is the band’s eighth full release,… Continue Reading →
I’m not entirely sure what’s been going on in the shadows as far as Roman bloodsuckers Theatres Des Vampires are concerned. The label on their press blurb state this is the last album to be released on Scarlet and attribute… Continue Reading →
Umlauts! Right there above the ‘o’ of Firewölfe! I don’t think it takes a genius to work out that Firewölfe are a Heavy Metal band. A serious, no nonsense, time honoured classic Heavy Metal band. Those two little dots above… Continue Reading →
This is the third release from Tower, from the streets of New York. This is high energy classic metal with loads of attitude coupled with chaos, confusion and stunning vocal tones courtesy of Sarabeth Linden. ‘Blood Moon’ starts as a… Continue Reading →
It’s the business end of the year and it’s that time when folks are busy trying to lock down their end of year lists. A time of year which is rather confusing for people as the need to rank and… Continue Reading →
This bands name gave me pause to do some checking into it, I’ve no idea why, but on investigation it appears the name is of Arabic origin and there are potentially a number of interpretations but what seems to be… Continue Reading →
Nature loving Black Metal from Germany for fans of Wolves in the Throne Room and Fen. Well I love nature (the satanic thing is tiresome after a while \m/ ) and I also like to give the aforementioned bands a spin every now and… Continue Reading →